set of ads coming out. and they are already sparking some new outrage. "today in the bay's" monte francis is live in san francisco with all the details. monte, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. you won't see these new ads on muni buses until next month. they're already posted online and are sparking some controversy. take a look. new ads from the freedom defense initiative run by commentator and blogger pamela gellor quote anti-gay messages from islamic leaders. one quotes iran's president saying, "homosexuality is ugly. and in iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." gellor, who lives in new york means this as a response to harsh criticism from city leaders about her first set of bus ads, anti-islamic in nature. last week, city and local religious leaders gathered to condemn the ads. as a publication, legal experts say muni is unable to refuse the

ads because of conflicts with the first amendment. legal challenges to remove similar ads from city buses in new york and chicago have been unsuccessful. muni dedicated revenue from the first set of ads to the human rights commission and will likely also donate the money from these six ads as well. we reached out to pamela gellor but have not heard back. monte francis, "today in the bay." new this morning, we just heard from a christian preschool in the east bay about changes in store for students when they return to school today. you'll recall centerpoint christn preschool was closed for a few days after allegations a teacher used tape to restrain a child after she wouldn't go down for a nap. christie smith is live and has details for us. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, laura. allegations have rocked this small preschool and church, former teacher accused of taping up a little girl's hands and

feet because she refused to take a nap. the staff have met with family. they did that last week. then they closed their doors to regroup, retrain. a spokesperson for centerpointe preschool gave us a statement. "the centerpointe staff team has had 3 1/2 days of quality training including attendance at the statewide early childhood education conference. the staff has made some adjustments to the program to better serve the children and their families. we look forward to welcoming them wednesday." the staff of the school said they only learned of the incident earlier this month. they said a former teacher had taken a photo of the 2-year-old girl with masking tape on her hands and feet, sitting on a cot. and then that teacher apparently showed it to other teachers, including the girl's mom, who then went to police. >> the potential crime could be a form of child abuse. >> it's scary. i almost want to cry. i imagine my daughter, she's only a few months younger. and if someone ever did that to

her, i don't -- i would be livid. >> the school says it's fully cooperating with the investigation and pleasanton police have wrapped up their end of t it's now up to the al media county district attorney to decide whether the teacher will face charges or not. she has been advised to stay away from all child care facilities pending the outcome of what really happened here. christie smith, "today in the bay." chp issuing a silver alert for an 83-year-old man from danville. nicholas totino who goes by the nickname paul was last seen yesterday afternoon at 12:30. he does have heart issues and early signs of dementia. he is said to drive a 2006 gray-colored toyota camry with the license plate you see on your screen, 5thh081. if you happen to have any

information leading to this search, you are asked to please call police. 6:06 this morning. probably reaching for that umbrella as another round of rain comes down across the bay area after a quick overnight break. i let get a quick check of the weather with meteorologist christina loren. make sure you're ready for that. slick conditions across the bay area. rain showers just about all night long. they've been scattered but slick conditions everywhere this morning. i want to zoom in to the heavier pockets of rain we're monitoring from novato to petaluma. we'll take you down to the south bay. showers now on the way to campbell in about 50 minutes. you're about 45 minutes away from your first shower, steady rain on the way to santa cruz. we'll continue to track those, pinpoint those showers every 15

minutes when we meet back here. widespread on and off showers through noon, partial clearing noon to 5:00. we will see windy conditions develop as we head throughout the second half of the day. you can actually see that here clearly on your futurecast between 5:00 and 11:00, those winds pick up. colors pop. yellows and oranges, yep, that means we'll see breezy to windy conditions mostly at the coast of higher elevations. show you when the rain lets up and what to expect this weekend just around the corner now. looking pretty good. we'll show you exactly how good. first let's check your drive, see how we're faring on the roads. >> you had me look to the weekend. now about 15 minutes, you'll get hit with that rain. watch the south bay. look over here toward oakland. seeing also the effects of the rain. kind of dark. little glow from the lights. wet conditions throughout. 880 picks up the volume from this shot. green painted on our map as well. i showed you the arrows where the camera was.

wet roadway conditions because of earlier rains. if it's not currently raining where you are, you have the slick off-ramps still. north broadway, downtown oakland, stalled vehicle blocking the slow lane. we see the backup already as you're heading into downtown oakland. we'll continue to track that. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the backup in the cash lanes. still showing an advantage. metering lights likely turn on in the next few minutes. we'll see all these lanes filling in the next few. right now pretty easy drive at the toll plaza itself. east shore freeway west 80 through sunol and san pablo. blue means standing water, puddling and ponding likely just off interstate 80. smooth ride out of carcinas and sunol. pleasant hill likely to see more standing water. no problems across that venetia bridge. south 680 at highway 24.

couple of lanes blocked at the connector. no appreciable slowing. flashing lights through this area. and tri-valley also, green shows highlighted in the area wet roads. orange and yellows coming down for the speeds. slow through livermore for highway 84. back to you. >> appreciate it, mike. 6:09 right now mplth. a singer who went on an anti-gay rant is having her concert tour completely shut down. michelle shocked launched into a homophobic tirade on stage at yoshi. yoshi's cut down her mike. every other venue she has scheduled to visit has canceled her bookings. the only exception is a bar in wisconsin because the manager right now is out of town. i would guess that one -- >> could change. >> -- will cancel as well. autism more widespread than ever.

why they say one child on every school bus in america has the disorder. place of honor for a piece of history. we'll tell you why this big chunk of the berlin wall is standing in an office parking lot and where it's heading next. a live look outside. beautiful bay bridge. you see it there, glistening in the distance. kind of a wide look at t rain coming down. christina is checking that storm and also the morning commute with mike. 6:10 right now. for your first day?

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welcome back, everyone. several supermarket chains, including whole foods and trader joe's say they will not sell jeannetgenetically engineered s. it is engineered to grow twice as fast as normal and would become the first genetically modified animal to reach dinner tables. a new study is shedding new light on the prevalence of autism here in the united states. the new report shows one in every 50 school-age child has some form of autism. let me say that again. one in every 50. that is much higher than the one in 88 announced by a different government agency just last year. experts say the higher number is likely due to increased awareness and better counting methods for children with

autism, not necessarily that more kids have the condition. if passed, it would be the strictest legislation against transgender people in the nation. john carve gnaw wants to make it a misdemeanor for someone to use a public restroom or shower that has a gender different than what is on his or her birth certificate. 6:14 right now. time for a quick check of the day's top stories. president obama currently in israel this morning for the first time as commander in chief. he is expected to meet with israeli president shimon perez and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, also meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. south korea internet comes

back online after being hacked. making revenue management software, the ceo of model n will be ringing the opening bell in about 15 minutes. officially and permanently going on display in the south bay. mountain view city council voting to install slabs of the berlin wall at its library. today in the bay's marla tellez join us. >> reporter: the pieces are right behind us here, tuck add way -- we're at a business park right off 101 and shoreline in mountain view. who knew this? this business park is the bay shore business park. i'll step out of the way so you can see. they're quite monumental, in more ways than one. they stand at more than ten feet tall, reportedly weigh seven tons a piece. both are graffiti'ed, as you can

see, one with a heart that says "i love you" written in german. the other, some people think it's a caricature of elvis presley. these pieces were purchased by a german man who immigrated to the bay area in 1931 when the berlin wall fell in '89, frank golden bought these and had them shipped out here. he has since passed away and the slabs were donated to the city just last year. just last night, mountain view city council voted 6-1 to have them moved to the public library on franklin street in downtown mountain view a block way from the popular castro street. they will stand outside the libra library entrance where more people will see them. no word yet on when exactly this move will take place. i can tell you that the mountain view city council allocated about $50,000 to pay for the

cost of the move. coming up at 6:45, woel talk about how much mr. golden actually paid for these historic pieces. the price tag may surprise you. live in mountain view. marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> little bit of a teaser there from marla tellez. rain is coming down outside. that does have an impact on the sierras and all that snow up there. christina loren is here to tell us all about it. good morning to you guys. we want to start with the toyota snow report. our favorite person in squaw valley, brian hager, how are the conditions, sir is this. >> hey, christina. conditions are good. it's snowing up here now. two inches at squaw and four inches at alpine. we couldn't be happier. >> i'm looking out 15 days. it looks like we'll see a pretty active start to the month of april. couple of weak disturbances headed our way before march is finished. you will be pretty good when it comes to ski conditions this

spring, at least early spring. what's going on up there this weekend? >> it's really big. we have the 2013 nature valley u.s. alpine championships up here, opening ceremony starts frid friday. we'll have all the u.s. ski team up here. it's going to be great. we also have a spring pool party. bring those bathing suits up, too. >> hey, well, are you going to be wearing the trunks or the speedo? hold on. we'll find out tomorrow. 6:18 now. taking a live look. beautiful conditions up there today. 43 degrees. at the base, 92" of snow. if you want to head up to squaw or alpine, count on more snow as we head through wednesday and thursday. of course, we have your toyota tahoe report right here wednesday and thursday. at least until the conditions deteriorate. taking a live look at your doppler. good morning to you. rain coming down in marin county. watch out for activity in the south bay. that's starting to ramp up. the bulk of the moisture still on its way to the bay area. we'll see that come through over the course of your rush hour

drive. pretty good-looking pocket developed over petaluma. we're watching this for you. about 50 minutes away from steady rainfall in campbell. take you to your future cast. by 10:00 am, showers start to let up a bit, most of the activity pushing to the south bay. through the second half of the day. tonight, spotty, isolated activity over the south bay. at about 10:00 pm, we continue that future cast. and meet back here tomorrow morning. mostly clear conditions. high pollen levels, you've been suffering. you can get out there this weekend. we'll hold on to those low pollen levels. up to 68 by friday. saturday and sunday, beautiful conditions persist for the first official weekend of spring. and speaking of that, spring break, mike. scattered spring breaks. any let-ups on the roads? >> we've seen a little bit of a different traffic flow. given yesterday's flow, obviously, no. no break on the roads. at least not this week. looking toward the bay bridge.

brian hager talking about great skiing. interstate 80 have those chain advisories. cro closer to home, interstate 80. pretty typical for the morning commute. watch for those slick on and off ramps. we have your slowing off the richmond area through berkeley. slow up the incline, which is why they turned the metering lights on. green over the maps shows you wet roadways. we're tied in the weather system over here. north 880, that stall still at broadway. things have sorted themselves out but we still have the slowing. it sounds like it's still blocked by that vehicle and we'll follow that with chp as they give us the updates. they are heading out to the scene. slowing south 880 san mateo bridge, slowing at the castro valley y as well. wet conditions coming across the bridge itself. no problems for highway 92. peninsula 101, it looks like a

nice flow as well. picking up the volume a bit north. south are the taillights through palo alto pass university and shopping center. we have the build going on north 101, 680 toward the airport. seeing sloetdown before you get to kirtner. typically heavier than we see. rain may be playing an issue with those conditions. little wetter. slow it down, guys. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:21. while the presses is busy in israel, basketball bracket may be widening the rival between two groups. we're not talking about democrats and republicans. the choice he's making between stanford and cal. that's up next. taking a beautiful, live look outside. yeah, despite the soggy skies to start our day, waiti for the sun's arrival. we do need the rain. and the snow in the sierras. nice, too. a lot more ahead. it's 6:21. stick around.

spring is here. so is march madness. converging on san jose this morning, getting ready for the ncaa tournament. teams will start practicing at hp pavilion this morning. among them, the bay area's very own cal bears will take on unlv tomorrow. syracuse, st. louis and oklahoma state will also be playing in

san jose. don't forget those gales. st. marys getting off to a great start. advancing to the next round of 64. st. marys beating middle tennessee. the gales will take on memphis tomorrow. >> i'm guessing you stayed up and watched that entire game. >> i did. i did. i had a chance to go to bed early but i couldn't. >> why would you? >> i'm a gale. >> president obama's brackets, he always gets in on the basketball stuff here. his bracket will be revealed in full some time later on today. >> he didn't pick my gales, but released his final four picks, cal over stanford to make it there. he also chose baylor, connecticut, notre dame, second seeded cal to reach the women's final four. if all goes according to plan, cal will take on the top seeded stanford on april 1st, april fools' day. now as for the men's tournament,

president obama picking florida, indiana, louisville and ohio state. so, maybe i need to mail him this. >> here we go. time to break it out. >> you think? >> she's not just a band wagon jumper. she wears this with pride on her desk. >> i do. >> got it dry cleaned, too. >> only the best. >> go gaels. fire landing a teenager in the hospital and jail as well. $25,000 worth of copper ripped off in the bay area. new details about that case and what we're learning about the getaway car. plus an unbreakable bond. how the president reassuring israel as he touches down for the first time in tel aviv. >> packing up your lunch, tuna, drinks, whatever you do. live look at the golden gate bridge there. the rain making the roads a

little black. mike inouye telling you, please, slow it down. getting slick especially when that oil starts to get into that water. live look from the south bay, covering the entire bay for you because you deserve it. beautiful weather out there. feels kind of nice. the rain will be coming along with it. christina loren will be here to fill you in on that. we're back in a few minutes. "today in the bay" rolls on.

live look at the new york stock exchange. ceo of the model n had the honor of ringing that bell. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. model n is pricing its initial public offering higher than expected to raise more than $100 million. it will trade upped the symbol modn. the company ended up getting $15.50 per share. it is expected to sell 6.5 million. model n has 600 employees, a third of them at its redwood shore headquarters. founded in 1989, they make management software for life sciences and technology sectors. scott budman will speak to the ceo later today and have a live

report tonight. president obama touching down in tele tel aviv this mor. set to tackle several controversial issues. tracie potts joins us now from live from washington, d.c. with a look at president obama's landmark visit. >> tess a visit, jon, that startd with that touchdown in tel aviv. he was met by a small group of officials, including israeli president, shimon perez and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, meeting with both of them later today. in tel aviv, he made comments before those meetings, saying the winds of change bring both promise and peril, referring to some of the issues he will be discussing later today with the leaders. the president flew to jerusalem before meeting with perez and netanyahu to talk about how to

move the peace process forward with the palestinians, how to deal with iran, the threat of nuclear womenens in the mill east. syria, as well, and the unrest there. and allegations flying back and forth about who may have fired a chemical weapon. the u.s. saying it wasn't the rebels backed by the united states, that there's no evidence of that. a big trip for the president, his first to israel. it all gets under way today. jon? >> a lot in motion for the president. we'll keep our eye on it. tracie potts, thank you very much. the rain in motion in our neck of the woods. >> it is coming down. >> much needed. we'll check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. live look at your doppler radar. shows showers are coming down. right now the heaviest rainfall in the north bay. all this moisture slated to slide to the south right in the heart of your morning drive. heavier batches and what we're expecting. 54 minutes away from steady rainfall in sunnyvale, 47

minutes away from the rainfall in san mateo and 40 minutes away from shower activity in half moon bay. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely this morning. showers will continue. this is what we're thinking. here is your timeline. i feel pretty confident in this. i've been studying it all night for you. showers through noon off and on. widespread. partial clearing through noon to 5:00 pm. most of the activity will start to spread south to the golden gate bridge. the second half of the evening, turning windy between 5 to 10:00, residual showers tomorrow morning and a beautiful weekend shaping up. i'll break this down for you city by city, show you how the different microclimates come into play in my next report. and help you make those weekend plans t will be beautiful. spring-like conditions and lower pollen levels. that's coming up. 5:33. first your drive with mike. >> lower pollen level, i look forward to that. meks mixed blessings.

slowing 101 coming around the bend heading toward 880. building toward the airport as well. 87 slowing from kirtner to downtown. second burst kicking in. northbound route as well as 880, 280 and 85 at the bottom of your screen showing the build for the flow in the south bay. fremont and south 880 moves slowly. south 680, pleasanton and sunol. 580 through livermore and the tri-valley, pretty typical pattern over there. roadways still slick. off-ramps, watch them there. smooth drive south 880 to the dumbarton bridge. also as folks reach the toll plaza. bay bridge toll plaza, of course, build going on there. metering lights were turned on a few moments ago. building toward the berkeley curve through berkeley, we're looking at the east shore

freeway, westbound 80 is your commute with all these lights, shoulder to shoulder here. we see slowing through sunol, richmond and university. despite the wet weather, no surprises. back to you. overnight apartment fire lands a teenage boy in the hospital this morning. soon it will land him in court. petalum apolice say the downtown apartment building on east washington street caught fire overnight because that 15-year-old boy was making hash. the fire apparently sparked when the boy tried to heat dried marijuana to extract the oil. that boy is now being treated for burns at a nearby hospital. the apartment does have some minor fire damage and water, major water damage as well. 6:35. new crew could catch a copper thief in fremont. investigators believe the truck shown here may have been stolen and then used in a break-in at a pg & e storage yard sunday

morning. the thieves made off with $25,000 worth of copper wire. time now is 6:36. a construction worker trapped for hours in mud right up to his chest. we have new individuvideo of th dramatic end to a very desperate rescue. 75 feet below ground. plus caught on camera, the shocking sight leading san diego to shut down some of its most popular beaches. live look at the embarcadero. illuminated. activity going on there. maybe a vessel readying for crew.

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a worker in new york city recovering after being trapped in mud at a subway construction site. in this individuvideo provided new york city fire department, you can see that man being lifted finally from safety after being pinned from the waist down. total of three firefighters did suffer nonlife threatening injuries during this rescue. 6 cl:39. record breaking drug bust. this video just into our newsroom. police have seized 47 pounds of heroin and 169 pounds of

cocaine, marked with codes that could indicate it was about to be shipped throughout the country. investigators have arrested one person and are looking for others. animal abuse caught on camera. the mayor of san diego has ordered a two-month nighttime shut down of a beach after people there were caught abusing seals. the camera, a 24-hour seal cam was installed at a beach near la jolla cove in january. it was originally intended to give researchers and the public a chance to watch seals giving birth. the camera also captured people kicking and punching and sitting on top of mother seals and their pups. that's just crazy. the boech has been at the center of the city's long legal fight over human access versus seal protection. >> hope they catch them. 6:40 right now. coming up, fast-moving flames burning through two homes overnight. why it took firefighters such a tough fight against this one. a hard time. bustle sunrise over san jose

this morning. mostly cloudy conditions. a bit of a break from the rain. radar shows you there is more on the way. we're tracking these cells, pinpointing them to the minute. your seven-day outlook is up next. same low clouds. we're looking at 880, mission boulevard. very busy interchange here. we'll talk about the nimitz farther north, too. stall through oakland. we'll give you the latest, coming up .

an update right now to breaking news going on in the east bay. two homes are now burning on taylor road and bethel island. one person was injured and treated right on that scene.

that person is expected to make a full recovery. that fire did start in one of the homes and gradually spread over to another nearby home. firefighters initially had a very hard time just getting to the fire just before 2:30 this morning. that was because of downed power lines in that area. so far, firefighters have not been able to contain the breakaway flames. if you thought the first round of ads was offensive, wait till you see what's coming up. the group behind anti-islamic ads say more are on the way. this round will now target gay men and women. monte francis is live where the ads are already sparking outrage. >> reporter: these new ads are coming to muni buses next month. they're already posted online and sparking controversy. take a look. new ads from the freedom defense initiative run by pamela gellor quote anti-gay messages from islamic leaders, quoting iran's president saying, "homeosexualiy

is ugly." another says "the punishment of homosexuality is death." first set of bus ads were anti-islamic in nature. last week city and religious leaders gathered to condemn the ads. as a publication, muni is unable to refuse the ads because of conflicts with the first amendment. in fact, legal challenges to remove similar ads from city buss in new york and chicago have been unsuccessful. muni dedicated revenue from the first set of ads to the human rights commission and will likely also donate the $3,000 from this next set of ads as well. we reached out to pamela geller, but did not hear back from her this morning. monte francis, live from "today in the bay." watching the weather for you as the official start of spring brings a lot of this.

showers. another round of rain is falling after drenching the rounds all over the bay area overnight. and the reason we're watching it, because we have our point person out front, watching it for us. that is christina loren, checking out the rain. looking good. i live for days like this. we want to get you to work safely this morning. we'll show you where the showers are, where they're headed and we'll show you minute by minute as they develop through the morning, all the way through 11:30. so no reason to change that channel. 6:46 now. taking a live look at the showers. right now they're giving us a bit of a break. pretty significant batch offshore developing. marin county right now, watch out for slick conditions all the way to lucas valley. pressing south to san rafael the next few minutes. south bay as we head through 59 minutes. starting to get your steady rainfall. that means during rush hour.

by 9:00 am, widespread showers south to san jose. stop that clock for you again. as we head through about noon, showers start to lighten up a little bit. still steady over most of the bay area between noon and 6:00, they really start to let up. isolated activity at that point over the south bay. by 10:00 tonight, almost nothing left. few residual showers tomorrow morning to be followed by good air quality, lower pollen levels. low 60s, upper 50s. 61 for livermore. 61 in redwood city. holding on to the upper 50s meanwhile in oakland. and beautiful san francisco. friday into saturday, and that beautiful all-important weekend. we'll warm you up. make those outdoor plans. really comfortable conditions across the bay area. in fact, santa cruz sunday, 65 degrees. you can get out there. 6:47. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. you have to get out there. for the folks on the morning commute, dealing with slicker

roadways. things are calming down. christina talks about the rain continuing throughout the day. be careful out there. slowing north 880 from the coliseum to north broadway. earlier stalled vehicle. things have cleared at broadway but we still have activity and slowing head iing up in the are. heading up toward the maze. little green here as well, scattered through our maps. we'll show you that's where wet roads are still renlths tering registering on our road weather index. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza itself, all lanes backed up here. clear view of the east shore freeway, no problems here. that's great news. out to the maps. we'll look at the tri-valley. slow, 580, 84. pleasanton, 680 into sunol. it will get worse because these folks coming here as well as here will bottle up between sunol and fremont, expect that slowdown to kick in the next 20 to 30 minutes. we know about that commute. northbound routes 101, 87 and 85

also looking really slow. 280, good break here. not so bad here. palo alto. easy drive here as well as 280 up and down san francisco and palo alto. look at 92, picking up that volume. no delays across that san mateo brid bridge. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. 6:49 right now. big changes are on the way for students returning to centerpointe christian preschool in pleasanton. that school reopening in a few minutes from now after being shutdown because of child abuse allegations. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live this morning. you had a chance to hear from the school. the request bbig question is, w be different when these students come back? >> reporter: good morning, jon. the staff has had extra training and the management here has had a chance to review their policies and procedures. the students may notice a slight difference when they return after the stunning accusations that a former teacher here actually taped up a little

girl's hands and feet as punishment because she refused to take a nap. just a little while ago, we received a statement from a spokesperson for centerpointe christian preschool, saying that the staff team has had 3 1/2 days of quality training including attendance at the statewide conference. the staff has made some adjustments to the program to better serve the children and their families. we are looking forward to welcoming them back today. the staff learned about the incident earlier this month. they say the teacher apparently had taken a photo of the 2-year-old girl, restrained, sitting on a cot and showed it at a gathering of current and former teachers, including the girl's mother. >> you can imagine if, you know, she hears of allegations sbees a photo of her own daughter that's, you know, in a position that's -- where she's bound by tape. that's something no parent wants to see.

>> reporter: pleasanton police have concluded their investigation into this. now it's up to the alameda district attorney to decide if she will face charges. she is banned from working with children at licensed daycare facilities pending the outcome of an investigation by the state department of social services into what really happened here. reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:51. bay area assembly woman wants to change the way schools report suspected child abuse. joan buchanan introducing two bills to the legislature. one would require school districts to adopt new board policies outlining child abuse reporting responsibilities along with giving staff adequate training. a second bill would give districts the authority in child abuse cases to immediately remove teachers from the classroom. overnight, we learned a san jose police officer who shot and

killed the suspect monday was also involved in a shootout last november. the officer is a five-year veteran of the force. investigators say he shot and killed the driver of a stolen car in east san jose after that car slam med right into two police cars and then accelerated straight at him. back in november, the very same officer shot and injured a crime spree suspect who reportedly had an officer pinned down by gunfire. the case against a man accused of stealing an $800,000 item from the oakland museum could soon be dropped to clear the way for federal charges. a federal complaint was filed against andre terey franklin friday, who stole a gold rush era jewelry box from the museum january 9th. he is also suspected of stealing gold nuggets and gold rush pistol from the museum but has yet to be charged. a follow-up on issues being tackled by bay area city.

santa clara city council approving a way to waive charges if the city wins a bid for the super bowl. santa clara will find out in may if it will win super bowl 2016. stores will be required to have a tobacco license to sell e-cigarettes. final vote on that issue will take place april 9th. san francisco's muni approving a plan to build a mobile app that would connect passengers to all taxis around the city. the app would create a centralized dispatch service for the cabs. piece of history has a permanent home in mountain view. after a year of debate, the city has finally decide what to do with two massive pieces of the berlin wall. marla tellez is live in moup ntn

view with the late-night decision. >> reporter: the display behind us is called a tribute to american resolve. i'm going to step out of the way so you can get a really good look at them. it's really a sight to see. stand at more than ten feet tall and reportedly weigh 14,000 pounds a piece. they were brought here by a man named frank golden soon after the berlin wall fell in 1989. he became a successful real estate developer in the bay area after immigrating here from germany in 1931. he own this had business park at the time. that's why they've lived here all this time. he passed away a few years ago. the slabs were donated to the city just last year. last night the mountain view city council voted 6-1 to have them moved to the public library on franklin street in downtown mountain view. now they will stand outside the library entrance where they will be much more visible.

back here live, this one here we're looking at now says "we love you," written in german. over to the right here, looks like a caricature of elvis presl presley, perhaps to represent the west and freedom. it's not known exactly how much mr. golden paid for these slabs of the berlin wall. his son years ago told the mountain view voice that his father paid no more than just a few thousand dollars. live here in mountain view, marla tellez, "today in the bay." faculty leaders speaking out against a state law that would let college students earn credits for courses provided by outside sources. it says it has grave concerns about the first of its kind bill that would let students who can't get into overcrowded classes on campus take similar online courses for credit. the faculty group says the bill will let for-profit corporations

privatize public education. new this morning, north korean hackers may have attacked several major broadcasters and banks in south korea, being hit with internet outages this morning. servers for at least three major television networks and banks are affected. spokeswoman for one of the networks says it's believed to be the work of hackers. many are speculating the attack came from north korea, but south korea's internet security agency says it has not found any evidence of an external attack. american airlines is defending its plan to give its outgoing ceo nearly $20 million in severance pay. american airlines ceo is being replaced by the chief executive of us airways as soon as the two companies complete that merger. trustee overseeing american airlines bankruptcy objected to this monster payout. american says bankruptcy code does not apply because the payout would be made by the new airline after the merger pulls

it out of bankruptcy. ebay taking aim at amazon by overhauling its fees for sellers on its website. starting in april, ebay will let sellers list any item for free. ebay will now charge between 4% and 10% per item sold. new fees are lower than amazon, which charges between 6% and 15% per item. yahoo! is in talks to buy a stake in one of the world's most popular online video websites, dailymotion.com. "the wall street journal" reporting daily motion could be valued somewhere around $300 million. google adding a new filter to make it easier for you to search for those looping images ed edited together to make up a short clip. click the search tools button, then everyone is to any type to animate it. >> little education to go with that. all right. 6:58.

let's get another check of the weather with christina loren to find out about the rain drops falling. >> it is aactually a pretty good time to leave if you are getting ready to do so. batch offshore near the south bay will come into play. we'll get a lot wetter throughout your morning drive. watch out for slick conditions. we'll continue to track these rain drops for you. i'm not going anywhere. let's check your drive with mike. more traffic and incidents reported around the bay. san mateo bridge. six vehicles reported in some sort of crash there. we'll look at the map on the approach. watching for the slowdown here as well as south 880. getting really crowded down there, guys. send it back to you. >> 6:58. final check of the day's top stories for you. at least two homes are dama damaged on bethel island after a massive fire overnight. that fire started in one home but they had trouble reaching it because of downed power lines in the area. no reports of any injuries. the senate judiciary

committee will discuss the use of drones around the u.s. some time today. critics raising privacy concerns over the use of unmanned aircraft for surveillance, business and agriculture. >> president obama is in israel this morning for the first time as commander in chief. he is expected to meet with israeli president shimon perez and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he will also meet with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. we suggest with all that rain out there, you may want to grab an umbrella. if you're staying inside, enjoy. stay dry. have a good day. >> all right. we'll see you later.

good morning. breaking this morning president obama touches down in israel, to begin his historic trip to the middle east. we're live with him in jerusalem. dramatic police video inside a florida dorm room as investigators move in on a student plotting a deadly campus rampage. did his roommate's call to 911 prevent a tragedy. >> it was some like large assault gun. will it work? a high schooler with a dream makes a clever video asking swimsuit model kate upton to go with him to the prom. >> we can ride around all night long, 'til 11:00, that's my curfew. >> who can say no to that? is it a date? we'll ask him "today," march 20th, 2013.

and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm hoda kotb in for matt. let's live there for one second. >> i know. >> hi. >> i checked the mug. it is just water. >> i do have to say i was a little tiny bit disappointed because i thought don nash was going to fill me up a little bit. >> no. >> i realized this is a long way from laughing and scratching with kathie lee gifford. >> so happy to have you here. we have a lot of news to get to this morning. the president just touched down in israel, happened about 6:15 eastern time, this is his first visit there as president and the first overseas trip of his second term and comes at a time of growing concern over both iran and syria, so what does the president hope to accomplish in this trip? we're going to get a live report